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2 Right-click the plan and select Test.
You can also run a test by clicking the Test recovery plan icon in the Recovery Steps view in the
Monitor tab.
3 (Optional) Select Replicate recent changes to recovery site.
Selecting this option ensures that the recovery site has the latest copy of protected virtual machines, but
means that the synchronization might take more time.
4 Click Next.
5 Review the test information and click Finish.
6 Click the Recovery Steps in the Monitor tab to monitor the progress of the test and respond to
messages.
The Recovery Steps tab displays the progress of individual steps. The Test task in Recent Tasks tracks
overall progress.
NOTE Site Recovery Manager runs recovery steps in the prescribed order, except that it does not wait
for the Prepare Storage step to finish for all protection groups before continuing to the next steps.
What to do next
Run a cleanup operation after the recovery plan test finishes to restore the recovery plan to its original state
from before the test.
Clean Up After Testing a Recovery Plan
After you test a recovery plan, you can return the recovery plan to the Ready state by running a cleanup
operation. You must complete the cleanup operation before you can run a failover or another test.
Site Recovery Manager performs several cleanup operations after a test.
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Powers off the recovered virtual machines.
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Replaces recovered virtual machines with placeholders, preserving their identity and configuration
information.
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Cleans up replicated storage snapshots that the recovered virtual machines used during the test.
Prerequisites
Verify that you tested a recovery plan.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans, and select a recovery plan.
2 Right-click the recovery plan and select Cleanup.
You can also run cleanup by clicking the cleanup icon in the Recovery Steps view in the Monitor tab.
3 Review the cleanup information and click Next.
4 Click Finish.
5 After the cleanup finishes, if it reports errors, run the cleanup again, selecting the Force Cleanup
option.
The Force Cleanup option forces the removal of virtual machines, ignoring any errors, and returns the
plan to the Ready state. If necessary, run cleanup several times with the Force Cleanup option, until the
cleanup succeeds.
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